COACH QUOTES

John Jackson, Le Mans coach: "We are really happy for the qualification. Stanojevic was in great shape, having little space they made their shots. But we succeeded to stop their fastbreaks better than last week. It was exciting. Our leaders were there and we still made it. I would like to congratulate my players at the end of a qualifying round which was not possible in Euroleague for the last two years."

Alex Acker, Le Mans player: "We worked hard to avoid the mistakes we'd done in Izmir. They were agreessive and caused us a lot of trouble, but we did it. We played with our heart and we had a big support from our fans tonight."

Hakan Demir, Pinar Karsiyaka coach: "We had a lot of pressure to recover the seven points deficit. When we succeeded leading by more than 10 points we started making unusual mistakes and we panicked. We wanted to make the difference too early."

Alper Saruhan, Pinar Karsiyaka player:"We troubled them trouble with our zone but then they became tough in defense and that was the key for their victory."